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Well, it looks like it is finally spring in the Roc City!
I say finally because it actually snowed two weekends ago and this is, without a doubt, the longest winter I’ve endured thus far: Texas spring started in early March. Michigan spring hit in early April, and Ohio spring in late March. So, late April is really pushing the envelope for me.
But this weekend we enjoyed two glorious sunny, cloudless, soft green grass, light breeze days of temperatures hovering right around 65 degrees. Absolute perfection. Plus all the trees are blooming with white, purple, pale pink, and bright yellow buds. The pretty purple lilacs are popping up just in time for the lilac festival too. Seriously gorgeous. They don’t call it the flower city for nothing.
For a weekend recap, our Stage Door Design students presented their final costume, lighting, sound, and scenic designs for The 39 Steps Friday afternoon followed by a pizza party in which I consumed waaay too many slices of meat lovers pizza. The students did excellent work! It was great fun to watch them develop as designers throughout this process. Friday night my roommate and her husband joined me at the theatre for a Geva Comedy Improv performance with a theme of TV pilot episodes. It was funny and relaxing, as usual. Just exactly what a Friday night calls for after a crazy week.
Saturday morning my roommate and I hit up the outdoor public market for some fresh produce. I scored a cantaloupe, a basket of fresh plump jalapenos we have every intention of turning into poppers, huge crowns of broccoli, and red, yellow, and orange bell peppers (all for only $5!), which have already been put to excellent use in fajitas! We also made sure to stop at Martha Jane’s Bakery for a freshly baked lemon lavender sweet roll and a delicious flaky spinach feta pastry pocket. After the market I took advantage of the amazing weather and went for a 3 mile run around the reservoir, ran some errands hoping to scoop up some deals on a few things we need for the townhouse (with no such luck unfortunately. I know I’m cheap, but when did shower curtain liners get to be $6? I thought they were like $0.74. They’re not.), and then went and laid out on a blanket in the park for 30 minutes because it was simply so beautiful that I could hardly stand it. After six months of winter, I certainly wasn’t the lone park dweller (although this picture says I am, I assure you I was not). I’m thankful all this rain has given us amazing plush green grass for sporting and snoozing and generally enjoying.
When I finally left the park just before sunset, I cooked up a batch of chicken fajitas with fresh bell peppers, onions, and homemade guacamole, which totally hit the spot. It’s not spring until you’ve had your first fajitas of the year! I finished up the night with a glass of finger lakes wine and reading a few chapters of The Great Gatsby for YP book club in two weeks. Amazing day! The only two things that could have possibly made it better would have been Ted’s company and a bubble bath. Two weeks…til husband and bath-worthy bathtub!
Sunday was more of the same – church, a short 1.65 mile run through Mt. Hope Cemetery, laundry, packing away all the winter clothes (yesss), facilitating a post-show talkback at the theatre, leftover fajitas, and more lovely weather. When did weekends get so short!?
What were you up to this weekend?
